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"Her father?" The witch rubbed her forehead "He&039;s dead I believe he died before Ruby was born"

"You believe?" She didn&039;t even knohere the sire was?

Her eyes widened "Oh, wait Malkoh Ruby is related to me, I&039;m not her mother"

He tensed "Another lie?"

"I never said she was But it doesn&039;ther And what&039;s irl like she was my own"

"Where&039;s her o, killed by the Order"

"You have no other children?"

Her brows drew together "No"

"Is there ahis eyes, so direct "That depends"

"On what?"

"On how angry you are with raceful

He hated how she still affected him so effortlessly He crossed the rest of the distance to her Cupping her nape, he gazed down at the face that had bewitched him, the eyes that haunted him His voice hoarse, he said, "What do you want of iveness" Her breaths had shallowed, pink tingeing her high cheekbones

"You have it I understand why you behaved as you did"

"Then I want a chance to earn back your trust"

Not so easily done He released her, turning to peer out theWith his finger against the glass, he followed a strealass even in this s were a certain way With us They were not Now I do not know"

"I care for you That hasn&039;t changed," she said "If anything, er"

"How much wasreal?"

He knew she&039;d understood what he was really asking when she answered, "Malkom, I&039;ve never known more pleasure with another man"

How badly he wanted to believe her But he was inexperienced, and she could have feigned that pleasure, with hiht now

"What do you want of me?" she asked

"You are my female Fate has bound you to me So I need to protect you"

"And claih him, and he hardened with a swift heat

"Or drink me?"

He hissed in a breath, his mind fixed on that last day they&039;d spent in the mine Seared into his as past her nipple His bite mark had been like a brand on her flesh "And you would let me take your blood? When you would not before?" He tried to recall his taste of her tonight, but only saw a haze

"Now I understand why you do it" She was just behind him "It&039;s to feel close to ain"

Never deny the to feel that close to you I&039;ve needed you" When she laid her palm on his back, then her cheek, he stiffened "Haven&039;t you needed me?"

She wanted him, wanted hi? Such fury?

Ignore it Take her, bury yourself in her body But she could deceive hiain, as easily as before Only this ti his babe

He&039;d rather not have a child than have one out in the world, vulnerable, without hi for it He wouldn&039;t be like his own father, who&039;d left Malkoht and sold

Though he ht understand why Carrow had done as she had, he couldn&039;t et the pain of the last week, the mistrust of the last four centuries "I spent these days hating you I is to you "